Hizb and Hezbollah

BEIRUT: A delegation of Hizb Ut-Tahrir in Lebanon discussed Monday with members of Hezbollah’s politburo the recent regional developments and particularly the Arab popular uprisings.

A statement released by fundamentalist party Hizb Ut-Tahrir said the head of the party’s administrative committee Mohammad Jaber and member of the telecommunication committee Saleh Salam held talks with Hezbollah politburo members Sheikh Abdel-Majid Ammar and Mohammad Saleh.

The statement added that Hizb Ut-Tahrir reiterated “its support to popular uprisings against dictator regimes and condemned illegal arrests by some security apparatus against members of the party.”

Ever since the uprisings started in Syria in mid-March Hizb Ut-Tahrir has been organizing protests against the Syrian government in Lebanon on a weekly basis.

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on October 18, 2011, on page 3.